Blog Topic: Restaurant News

Grub Notes: Donna Chang's Chinese Restaurant to Open in Five Points This Fall

By Hillary Brown | June 20, 2016 2:15pm

The new restaurant's namesake.

If you've noticed some activity in the former Suska space in the Henrietta Building on Lumpkin Street in Five Points, that's because it'll soon house a Chinese restaurant: Donna Chang's. But wait, it's no chop suey joint.

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Grub Notes: Bella Noche Has Replaced Piccolo's in Watkinsville

By Hillary Brown | June 15, 2016 10:22am

Photo Credit: Photo via Facebook

After a brief period where the space that previously housed Piccolo's was closed (see previously here), in a Watkinsville shopping center on Hog Mountain Road (by Bell's), it reopened rapidly, under new ownership, as Bella Noche. The new place calls itself an Italian/Latin restaurant, but the Italian part of the menu is considerably larger.

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Grub Notes: Fourth Taqueria La Parrilla to Open in Former Tartar House Location

By Hillary Brown | June 2, 2016 4:37pm

Photo Credit: Taqueria La Parilla

Taqueria La Parrilla has come a long way from its quiet beginnings in the Homewood Hills Shopping Center, with a location on Athens' Eastside and one in Watkinsville, in addition to the original.

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In the Loop: Athens for Everyone Is Picketing Wendy's

By Blake Aued | May 20, 2016 4:02pm

Photo Credit: Blake Aued

Athens for Everyone will be picketing the Prince Avenue Wendy’s at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 27 to pressure the fast-food chain into improving the treatment of farm workers.

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Grub Notes: Transmet West Closes and Diablo's Opens

By Hillary Brown | May 18, 2016 4:09pm

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Transmet West, on Oglethorpe Avenue, has announced that its last day in business will be this Sunday, May 22. An all-you-can-eat buffet will be available for $12 per person that day, and beer and wine will run you only a buck to clear out as much inventory as possible. Also: live music.

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Grub Notes: Zombie Coffee and Donuts Opening Monday, and Other Food News

By Hillary Brown | May 17, 2016 10:00am

It's the rare eatery that actually opens when it says it will, between contractors, health inspections and getting funding squared away. Athenians will be pleased to know, however, after some months of peering in the windows, that Zombie Coffee and Donuts is opening its branch downtown (in the former Your Pie, on Broad) next Monday, May 23.

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Grub Notes: Cafe on Prince to Close After Today, Piccolo's Sold and More Restaurant News

By Hillary Brown | April 27, 2016 10:30am

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home.made

Piedmont College's Cafe on Prince, which has been serving up good Southern cooking, cafeteria style, for some time now, will close after today, as Pete reported in Pub Notes. The college intends to repurpose the space for academics, which is understandable, even if a loss to good fried chicken.

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Grub Notes: Damien Schaefer Is Looking for Investors in Normaltown Brewing

By Hillary Brown | April 28, 2016 10:15am

Damien Schaefer

One of the founders of local hipster supper-club The Four Coursemen, Damien Schaefer, is looking to start a brewpub in Decatur called Normaltown Artisanal Brewery & Cucina, and he's seeking investors from across Georgia.

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Grub Notes: James Beard Shortlist and Book Award Nominations Released

By Hillary Brown | March 16, 2016 10:00am

The James Beard Awards released both its book/journalism awards and the shortlist of restaurant/chef awards yesterday, and Five & Ten didn't make the cut for "best restaurant" (see our earlier post about the nomination).

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Grub Notes: Fatburger Is Open, Barberitos Delivers and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | March 7, 2016 11:39am

Photo Credit: Fatburger

After a bit of a delay (the original date was August), the Athens location of Fatburger, the national chain based in California, is open in the Beechwood shopping center, inside Buffalo's, its sister operation. It's the only Fatburger currently open in the state of Georgia; locations in Atlanta and Marietta did exist but closed.

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